Combination casket and receiver therefor



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' (Ittorneg Patented Oct. 9, 1934 PAriEr 1,976,538 V ooi/naiNATIoN oasxn'r AND RECEIVER, a THEREFOR Percy J. Benbough, San DiegmCalif.

Applicationseptember 19, 1933,Serial No. 690,054

Claims. (o1. 27- -27) '7 My invention relates to combination caskets and receivers therefor, and the objects of my invention are:

First, to provide a combination casket and re- '5 ceiver in which the receiver entirely embraces the casket except that the sides and ends of the casket are exposed to form panels so that the casket and receiver appear to be a single structure; a Second, to provide a combination casket and receiver in which the casket may be very plain and economical of manufacture, yet when incorporated with the casket receiver, has all'the appearances of a more expensive casket;

Third, to provide a combination casket and receiver wherein the casket has a covered portion and an open portion, and the receiver so arranged as to embrace and conceal the covered'portion of the casket, the receiver being provided with i a secondary lid adapted to be opened to expose the opened end of the casket; thus providing a construction which when partly opened for inspection, does not disclosethe separate nature of the casket and receiver; a Fourth, to provide a'combination casket and receiver which is particularly suited for use in cremation funeral ceremonies, reducing to a minimum the amount of material burned with the body, the casket and receiver being so arranged that all the expensive elements thereof are car'- ried by the receiver and may be used repeatedly; Fifth, to provide a'casket receiver and casket which is particularly arranged for use with removable caskethandles;

Sixth, to provide a combination casket and receiver in which the receiver is provided with corner guides adapted to center and cover the corners of the casket; and

Seventh, to provide on the whole a novelly constructed receiver for caskets which is durable, et-

40 ficient in its actions, and which'will not readily deteriorate or get out of order.

With these and other objects in view as will appear hereinafter, my invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination,

and arrangement of parts and portions as will be hereinafter described in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the characters of reference thereon which form a part of this application, in which:

Figure 1 is side elevational view of the casket receiver with the casket and its handles in position; Fig. 2 is a similar view with the casket shown fragmentarily, and the handles removed,

" and with the cover of the receiver raised, and

portions of the receiver shown'insection 'Fig. 3 is a plan view of i the receiver with the casket removed, and with its secondary lid in its open or vertical position; "Fig. 4 is an 'en larged fragmentary sectional view throug'h'A-- of Fig. 5 illustrating the manner in which the covered por tion of'the casket is concealed when the secondary lid is opened; and Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional View of the casket receiver with theeasket shown by dotted lines, this view being "taken through 5- 5 of Fig, 2.

Similar characters of reference referto similar parts and portions throughout the several views of the drawings. i I Carriage frame 1, caster wheels 2, skirt 3, tray 4, corner guides 5, hinges 6, cover '7, secondary lid 8, hinges 9, casket 10; and removable handles 11' constitute the principal parts and portions of my novel casket and receiver, b i

A suitable carriageframe l i's provided which is mounted on caster wheels 2, Thecarriage frame 1 is concealed by a suitable' cloth -skirt 3.

Mounted upon the carriage frame lis stray 4 having a flat bottomfia an d relatively low'side walls 41) defining 'an area' adapted to snugly receive a casket. exposed edges of the tray 4 are ornamented toform ostensiblyabaseon the casket. At each corner of thetray 11mm is provided an upwardlydir'e'cted comer guide" 5 which receives snuglythe corner off'the casket to be described hereinafter, andits' outer side is suitably ornamented to form apparently the cor nerof the casket. Two of thecornerjguide's-ll at opposite ends of one side of the tray are pro-; vided at their upper ends with hinges- 6"wh-ich support a cover '1. The cover Z7is of such length and breadth to cover the topof acasket and p'rotrude a short distance beyond the sides thereof and to rest upon the tops; of mar ar ta-mar guides 5. The cover is shiftable from a-hor'i zontal position uponthe corner guides to a vertical pos'ition such as that shown in Fig. '2.

The cover 7 is recessed on its under side and convexed on its upper side. At one end occupying approximately half the length of the cover 190 there is provided an opening 7a. The opening 7a is adapted to be closed by a secondary lid 8 which is hingedto the rear margin of the opening by hinges 9. Y

A casket 10 is adapted to belowered between ms the four corner guides and rests upon the tray 4. The casket is unornam'ented and is rectangular in form. The end adapted to be exposed by the opening 7a is uncovered, the remaining portion is provided with an upwardly protruding partial lit less than the distance between the opening 7a and the farther end of the cover 7. The true lid or cover 10a of the casket extends upwardly into the recessed under side of the cover 7, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1 and fragmentarily in Fig. '4. Betweenthe opening 7a and the closed portion of the cover '7 there is provideda depending Wall 71), which overhangs the end of the true casket cover 10a. lhe opening 7a is somewhat less in area than the opening tothe casket so that its marginal portions designated '71) overhang the upper edge of the casket at its open end. The walls of the cover 7 bordering the opening 7a are provided with suitable cloth lining 7d, and the under side of the secondary lid 8 is provided with similar cloth covering or lining 8a. The casket itself is provided with suitable cloth lining and padding, designated 1017; thus when the secondary lid is opened, the'cover' I apparently forms a part of thev casket 10, as shownin Fig. 1. It will be noted that the corners as well as the 'upper and lower sides of the casket are enclosed so that the casket may be formed in a particularly economical manner, yet the portions at the sides and ends which form with the receiver recessed panels may be easily and quickly as well aseconomically covered or decorated, The expense is further reduced by the use of removable handles 11 which comprise removable escutcheons 1111 which support handles 11b and which are in turn supported upon brackets 11c attached to the casket, there being provided suitable means such as catches lid to disconnect the escutcheons from the brackets ll'c. Though I have shown and describeda particular construction, combination, and arrangement of parts and portions, I do not wish to beliinited to this particular construction, combination, and arrangement, but desire to include in the scope of my invention the construction, combination, and arrangement substantially as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i

1. A casket receiver comprising, a casket receivingtray arranged to receive a casket and ostensibly form the bottom thereof ,posts at the corners of said-tray arranged'to embrace andconiceal the corners of the casket'and extending to the top of said casket, and a cover hinged to a pair of the corner posts arranged to occupy a horizontal position in contiguous relation when resting upon the-several corner posts and to occupy a raised position clear of the casket to permit raising of the casket clear of the corner posts.

2. In a combination casket and casket receiver, wherein there is a casket having plain side walls, araised cover occupying a portion of its length and the remainder of the topof the casket being open and lined, the combination with said casket of a casket receiver comprising a tray, a corner post at each corner of the tray arranged to embrace a corner and adjacent margins of the casket and guide the same into said tray, and a cover hinged to a pair of the corner posts and arranged to occupy a horizontal position over and contig-c uous to the top of a casket resting in the tray, the cover, corner posts and tray ostensibly forming portions of the casket.

'3. In a combination casket and casket receiver,

wherein there is a casket having plain side walls, a raised cover occupying a portionof its length and the remainder of the top of the casket being open and lined, the combination with said casket of a-casket receiver comprising a tray, a corner post at eachcorner of the tray arranged to em brace a corner and adjacent margins of the casket side walls a partial cover thereover the walls and cover defining an opening occupying at one end of the casket, and lining in the casket extending to the margins of the opening, of a receiver comprisingatray arranged to receive "and cover the bottom margins of the casket, corner postsarranged to embrace the corner margins of the casket and terminating substantially flush with the top thereof and a cover hinged to a pair of the corner posts arranged tooccupy a horizontal position covering the casketand resting upon the several corner posts. v I f 5. The combination with a casket having plain side walls a'partial cover thereover the walls and coverdefining anopening occupying at one :end of the casket, andlining in the casket extending to the margins of the opening, of a receiver com-- prising a tray arranged toreceive and cover the bottom margins of the easket,corn'er posts arranged to embrace thecorner margins of the casket. and terminating substantially flush with the top thereof and a cover hingedto a pairfof the corner posts arranged'to occupy'a horizontal position covering the casket and restin g upon the several corner posts, said cover including an aperture registering with the opening in the casket the margins of said aperture being lined and the lining continuing into contiguous relation with the lining of the casket to form ostensibly a part thereof, the traycorner posts and'cover likewise ostensibly forming parts of the'casket',' I PERCY J. BENBOUGI-Ll 

